Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-61795

medium Nessus Plugin ID 271822

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. If an error occurred (including exceeding limits) during the processing of a multipart upload, temporary copies of the uploaded parts written to disc were not cleaned up immediately but left for the garbage collection process to delete.
Depending on JVM settings, application memory usage and application load, it was possible that space for the temporary copies of uploaded parts would be filled faster than GC cleared it, leading to a DoS. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.46, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.109. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.12 or later, 10.1.47 or later or 9.0.110 or later which fixes the issue.
(CVE-2025-61795)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-61795

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-61795

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-61795

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 271822

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_61795.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61795

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-slf4j, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-est, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-lib, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-est, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-web, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-jcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-slf4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-ca, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-webapps, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-jcl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pki, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-web, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_proxy_cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_proxy_cluster, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-4.0-api

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61795